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title: חֹרֶשׁ — wood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹרֶשׁ (2793), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wood. BDB 1906: n.m. wood, wooded height. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹרֶשׁ

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«חֹרֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wood** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2793 · **BDB:** חֹ֫רֶשׁ

### Glosses

a.forest (1); heights (1); the.forest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2793/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wood, wooded height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2793/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 31:3 wood, wooded height (Assyrian ḫuršu, wooded height COTGloss LyonSargontexte, Gloss (v. also DlPr 180 Checrit. n. on Is 17, 9); NH חוֹרֶשׁ wood, forest; Aramaic חוּרְשָׁא id.)—abs. ח׳ Is 17:9 Ez 31:3 (but on both v. infr.); חֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 S 23:16 (v. Dr); בַּחֹ֫רְשָׁה 1 S 23:15, 18, 19; pl. חֳרָשִׁים 2 Ch 27:4;—wooded height 1 S 23:15 (‖ בָּהָר v 14), v 16, 18, so בַּמְּצָדוֹת בַּח׳ בְּגִבְעַת הַחֲכִילָה v 19; וּבֶח׳ בנה בִּירָנִיּוֹת וּמִגְדָּלִים 2 Ch 27:4 and on the wooded heights he built fortresses and towers (‖ בְּהַר יְהוּדָה); עֲזוּבַת הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר Is 17:9 the forsaken places of the wooded heights and summits Ges Ew De Di RV; but read prob. ע׳ החוי והאמרי forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, so 𝔊 Lag Che Or Brd Du; ח׳ מֵצַל Ex 31:3 shade-giving wood or thicket, of close branches of cedar (but sense hardly legitimate; del. 𝔊 Co).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹרֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2793/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 27:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.27.4/)

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וְעָרִ֥ים בָּנָ֖ה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔ה בִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and cities he.built in the.hill.country of.Judah and in the.wooded heights he.built fortresses and towers

*JPS 1917:* Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forest he built castles and towers.

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[Ezekiel 31:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.3/)

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הִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* there! Assyria \[was\].a.cedar in (the) Lebanon beautiful of.branch\[es\] and a.forest \[which\].gave.shade and tall of.height and between branches it.was treetop its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

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